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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles” (PC)
Prequels to games aren’t as common as in the movie industry, but this doesn’t mean that they’re inferior to the original, as KING Art Games’ point-and-clicker The Book of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles shows. The Book of Unwritten Tales: … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure game, Alien, animal cruelty, antagonist, artwork, classic, comedy, comic, Critter, DRM-free, epic, Escher, fantasy, GOG, Good Old Games, headhunter, humor, KING Art Games, LucasArts, Munkus, Nate, Nate Bonnet, Nordic Games, Northlands, PC, penguins, point-and-click adventure, prequel, puzzles, RPG, Seastone, slapstick, Star Wars, Steam, storytelling, Telltale Games, The Book of Unwritten Tales, The Book of Unwritten Tales: THe Critter Chronicles, The Critter Chronicles, Yeti
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales” (PC)
There is always a fine line between subtle references to well-established genres, books, movies or other media, and obvious parodies trying too hard to be funny and only ending up rather tame in humor. The German sense of humor is … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure game, adventurer, Alliance, Aventasia, Baldur's Gate, classic, comedy, comic, Critter, dance game, DRM-free, dwarf, elf, fantasy, folklore, funny, GOG, Good Old Games, Gremlin, humor, Ivo, Ivodora Eleonora Clarissa, KING Art Games, lore, LucasArts, magician, mini game, Monkey Island, Mortimer McGuffin, Mother, Nate, Nathaniel Bonnet, Nordic Games, NPC, online RPG, parody, PC, point-and-click adventure, prejudice, princess, puzzles, quest, rhythm game, rhythm-action, RPG, slapstick, Steam, storytelling, Terry Pratchett, The Book of Unwritten Tales, Tolkien, Voodoo, voodoo doll, Wilbur, Wilbur Weathervane, Zorro
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Adventures Made In Germany: “Fire” (PC)
This time of the year there should be more snow games, but as the fluffy white stuff doesn’t seem to fall on all countries, why not make some point-and-clicker Fire with Daedalic Entertainment? Fire (PC) (Germany 2015, developer/publisher: Daedalic Entertainment, … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure game, Amazon, animal cruelty, comedy, comic, Daedalic Entertainment, digital, Dropsy, Fire, funny, humor, Ice Age, indie, indie games, LucasArts, mini games, Neanderthal, PC, point-and-click adventure, puzzler, puzzles, retail, retro, slapstick, snow, Space Invaders, Steam, Stone Age, storytelling, Ungh, weird, winter
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Indie adventures: “Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today” (PC)
Dystopian ideas in literature or movies aren’t new, and even games have used these concepts for a long time. So does Fictiorama Studios’ point-and-click adventure Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today offer anything memorable? Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today (PC) (Spain … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, adventure game, Amazon, art, blood, comic, comic book, Daedalic Entertainment, Dead Synchronicity, Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, digital, disease, DRM-free, dystopia, dystopian, dystopian novel, Expressionism, Fictiorama Studios, GOG, Good Old Games, gore, H.G. Wells, indie, indie games, novel, PC, Philip K. Dick, poetic, point-and-click adventure, police brutality, prostitution, puzzles, rape, Ray Bradbury, retail, soundtrack, Steam, storytelling, suicide, time, violence, visions, visual novel
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Adventures made in Germany: “The Book of Unwritten Tales 2” (PC)
Does KING Art Games’ Kickstarter-funded adventure game The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 tread new ground in the point-and-click genre or is it just another succession of mildly amusing scenes and good puzzles? The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (PC) … Continue reading →